Akshu Fernando in ICU after ‘being hit by a train’

Akshu Fernando, who spent the summer playing for the Eastern Premier club at Mannofield in Aberdeen, is in intensive care after the incident in his homeland yesterday morning. And Shire club officials have sent him a message and relayed it on social media. It stated: “Our thoughts are with our 2018 overseas professional, Akshu Fernando, who is currently in a stable condition in ICU [intensive care unit] of a hospital back in Sri Lanka after being hit by a train this morning. Let’s all send our good wishes and goodwill his way for a speedy recovery.”